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Rajinikanth, the politician, wants to clean up ‘rotten’ politics. Mind it.

Rajinikanth will try to fill the huge vacuum in Tamil Nadu politics, which has revolved for the last half a century around larger-than-life figures, whether it was CN Annadurai, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, MG Ramachandran or Jayalalithaa.

Funny side up: Parliament is serious business, but Rajya Sabha MPs left us in splits

Featuring Union MoS and former diplomat Hardeep Puri, BJP’s La Ganesan, and Congress’s Jairam Ramesh getting two raps from the chair.

Brother Tassaduq’s induction may help Mehbooba tighten her grip over PDP

A cinematographer by profession, 45-year-old Tassaduq served as the coordinator of the CM’s grievance cell until he took oath as minister Thursday

क्राॅस-बार्डर डेट: एक प्यार जो सीमाओं की परवाह नहीं करता

भारत-पाक की दुश्मनी के बावजूद, अमृतसर और लाहौर के युवा टिंडर और ग्रिंडर जैसे एप का इस्तेमाल कर सीमा पार के लोगों के साथ वर्चुअल डेट कर रहे हैं.

Not just opposition, NDA ally JD(U) also raised objections to triple talaq bill

The parties urged the government to make changes in the bill and send it to a standing committee for a further review of the...

Muslim women’s groups divided on triple talaq bill passed by Lok Sabha

While the BMMA welcomed the passage of the bill and expressed concern only about the ‘cognisable offence’ provision, Bebaak Collective called it a ‘black...

What women and Muslim MPs said in the triple talaq bill debate

Only three women and a handful of Muslim members of Parliament spoke in the debate on the triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

Dhumal may be brought to Centre to quell discontent in Himachal BJP

Dhumal may be offered a ministerial berth; the offer was made after he put the blame of his loss in election on rival factions.

MPs raise objections to triple talaq Bill, Speaker says vote today itself

AIMIM’s Owaisi and IUML’s Basheer among leaders who warn that passing the Bill could have severe repercussions for Muslim women.

Political slugfest over J&K gag order; opposition calls it tyrannical

National Conference has accused the PDP-BJP government of portraying the government employees as ‘terrorists’

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.